Question

a garden store has the following miscellaneous flower bulbs in a basket:

5 amaryllis
6 daffodils
4 lilies
3 tulips

A customer bought 4 bulbs from the basket, one of each type of flower. If the next customer selects 1 of the remaining bulbs at random, which is closest to the probability that customer will get a daffodil bulb?

a. 36%
b. 27%
c. 29%
d. 21%

Answer 1

@laurosby,

If the customer buys four bulbs, one of each type of flower, then the remaining bulbs in the basket will be

4 amaryllis
5 daffodils
3 lilies
2 tulips

In other words, there are 5 daffodils of 14 total flower bulbs to choose from.